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Our Assumption
Incarnation and Modernity - Aug 15, 2017 at 8:29 am “And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.” -Luke 1.45 The Assumption of the Virgin is the culmination of the...
In the Sky This Week – August 15, 2017
The Catholic Astronomer - Aug 15, 2017 at 8:22 am
Venus is a bit lower and Orion a bit higher in the eastern morning sky. Venus orbits closer to the Sun than Earth, and is racing ahead-of and away-from the Earth; the planet...
Charlie Gard’s Mother Still Heartbroken: “He Deserved an Opportunity to Live”
LifeNews.com - Aug 15, 2017 at 8:09 am Connie Yates, the mother of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard, wrote a heartbreaking column for Now to Love published Monday which detailed her love for her son and the ordeal she...
Why you should love with an open heart … but keep your eyes wide open
Aleteia - Aug 15, 2017 at 8:00 am It's important to get a true picture of the person we plan to spend the rest of our days with. The growing number of couples who opt for divorce rather than working to save their...
God’s Love at Dawn: The Whole Family at a Private Mass
OnePeterFive - Aug 15, 2017 at 8:00 am My family and I were spread out in the living room, surrounded by that comfortable cacophony of semi-clutter that makes a house a home, poised to embark on our nightly rosary…when...
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, You Are with the Lord
Dominicana - Aug 15, 2017 at 8:00 am As they walked on still conversing, a fiery chariot and fiery horses came between the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind, and Elisha saw it happen. He cried...
Connect dots: After Charlottesville, journalists should cover anti-Semitism as distinct from 'racism'
GetReligion - Aug 15, 2017 at 8:00 am The past week once again underscored for me the connectedness of earthly phenomena -- including, most decidedly, what's happening in the news business.
Comments made in Washington...
Pope Francis prays Angelus for Solemnity of the Assumption
News.va - Aug 15, 2017 at 7:50 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis reflected on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Angelus on Tuesday.
The feast of the Assumption, also known as Ferragosto, is an...
Catholics now outnumber Anglicans — in jail
Catholic Herald - Aug 15, 2017 at 7:43 am Catholics in prisons in England and Wales outnumber Anglicans for the first time, according to official figures. Anglicans comprised 17 per cent of inmates, a fall from half the...
‘Non-binary’ man says he was ‘fired’ by LGBT legal group for ‘statements harming the transgender community’
LifeSiteNews - Aug 15, 2017 at 7:32 am Jamie Shupe was dropped as a client by Lambda Legal for speaking candidly on transgenders in the military and a bathroom bill.
Thousands of Venezuelans walk to Colombia each day for a free meal
Aleteia - Aug 15, 2017 at 7:30 am As the economy verges on collapse, hungry Venezuelans cross the borderAs Venezuela’s economy edges toward collapse, approximately 25,000 men, women and children cross the border...
Study shows it . . . and we know it . . . but we are still too busy!
CatholicMom.com - Aug 15, 2017 at 7:30 am Copyright 2017 Tami Kiser. All rights reserved
It’s that time of year to begin looking at our schedules and thinking, “Hmmm, how many things can I jam into my schedule for this...
Daily Reading for Thursday, August 17th, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 15, 2017 at 7:19 am Reading 1, Joshua 3:7-10, 11, 13-17
7 Yahweh said to Joshua, 'This very day, I shall begin to make you great in the eyes of all Israel so that they ...
Amid the outcry over Charlottesville, one archbishop’s words stand out
Catholic Herald - Aug 15, 2017 at 7:17 am Recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, have let to a great deal of comment, some full of insight, some not so much. Among the best was the statement of Archbishop Chaput of...
Abortion-pill reversal: The next frontier of informed-consent laws?
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 15, 2017 at 7:04 am Indianapolis, Ind., Aug 15, 2017 / 06:04 am (National Catholic Register).- Medication abortions are on their way to becoming the dominant method of abortion in the U.S. But...
5 Flowers connected to the Virgin Mary
Aleteia - Aug 15, 2017 at 7:00 am Flowers are often used in art to symbolize different spiritual truths about Our Lady. Flowers have always been associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary. There is even an early...
Reports of the Death of the Virgin Mary...Are True!
New Liturgical Movement - Aug 15, 2017 at 7:00 am Did Our Lady die? Until recently, I would have said no; She was assumed into heaven because of Her purity. I must admit I had not investigated the idea thoroughly, but for a long...
ASSUMPTION - Tots a una veu: Visca la Mare de Déu!
Rorate Coeli - Aug 15, 2017 at 6:47 am Mary! She is the north of the tender youth
who, feeling in his heart the burning life,
rows forward with courage and delight.
And, in the growing glare of heaven's light,
a voice...
Dormition of the Blessed Virgin
Communio - Aug 15, 2017 at 6:19 am
As the destiny for the Mother of God, so for us.
Today the universe, rejoicing mystically in thy glorious memorial, O Theotokos, doth go before crying and shouting with joy:...
Trial Judge Upholds Catholic School's Refusal To Re-enroll Students After Disruptive Year
The Religion Clause - Aug 15, 2017 at 6:15 am NJ Advance Media reports that a New Jersey trial court judge yesterday, in a three-hour long decision read from the bench, upheld a Catholic school's refusal to re-admit two girls...
